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  2. Odd Oregon laws that may surprise you, such as one that ... - AOL

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    Oregon has several strange laws still technically enforceable. Laws involving fortune-telling and playing golf in parks are among the state's oddest.

  3. Strange Connecticut laws, such as receiving a $99 fine for ...

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    Even though the pickle law is fictional, there are other strange laws in the state that are real. Read about a few below. Strange Laws In New Mexico, Including Trouble For Tripping A Horse.

  4. Weird laws in Colorado, including one against throwing snowballs

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    In Boulder, avoid keeping any upholstered furniture outside. It's against the law. Read On The Fox News App. According to Boulder General Offenses under Title 5, Chapter 4, 5-4-16, individuals can ...

  5. Strange laws - Wikipedia

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    A lot of purportedly strange laws within European Union law do not actually exist, or are wildly exaggerated; these are referred to as Euromyths. Misrepresented Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2257/94 , sometimes referred to in the media as the 'bendy banana law': the alleged ban on curved bananas is a long-standing, famous, and stereotypical ...

  6. List of eponymous laws - Wikipedia

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    Simply put this law states that evolution is not reversible; the "law" is regarded as a generalisation as exceptions may exist. [3] [4] [5] Dulong–Petit law states the classical expression for the specific heat capacity of a crystal due to its lattice vibrations. Named for Pierre Louis Dulong and Alexis Thérèse Petit.

  7. Ugly law - Wikipedia

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    From 1867 to 1974, various cities of the United States had unsightly beggar ordinances, retroactively named ugly laws. [1] These laws targeted poor people and disabled people . For instance, in San Francisco a law of 1867 deemed it illegal for "any person, who is diseased, maimed, mutilated or deformed in any way, so as to be an unsightly or ...

  8. 11 laws you will not believe are still in effect today in the ...

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    This law still exists in the state, separate from other laws that continue to ban same-sex marriage. An effort to strike the fornication law from the books in 2014 failed, according to the ...

  9. List of Jim Crow law examples by state - Wikipedia

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    Twenty-nine Jim Crow laws were passed in Texas. The state enacted one anti-segregation law in 1871 barring separation of the races on public carriers. This law was repealed in 1889. 1865: Juneteenth [Constitution] The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are ...